Harness-terret.



PATENTED NOV. 21, 1905.

J. R. POTTS. HARNESS TBRRET.

APPLICATION rump 0GT.12,1904.

JOHN R. POTTS, OF POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK.

HARNESS-TERRET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1905.

Application filed October 12, 1904. Serial No 228,104.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that. 1, JOHN RQPorrs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Poughkeepsie, in the county of Dutchess, State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Harness-Terrets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to rein terrets orrings for harness or other uses to which a snap-ring may be put.

The object of my invention is to provide an opening terret or ring (composed of metal or other suitable material) that will allow the rein or other strap to be inserted through the side of the ring at any part of said strap without having to insert the end of the rein, as in the usual way, thus saving much time and also being of special advantage in case it is required to remove the rein quickly without being obliged to loosen either end from other parts of the harness. This same construction of ring may be used to great advantage in many ways where a stationary snap is required. I

My invention further consists'in the peculiar construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation showing the terret closed. Fig. 2 is an elevation, partly in section, showing the terret open to receive the rein and the novel method employed to keep the pivoted segment of the terret in place. Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing a strap being inserted.

In the embodiment of my invention illustrated in the drawings the numeral 1 denotes a harness terret or ring provided with a screwthreaded shank or stud 2, by which it may be secured to the harness in the usual way, or the ring may be secured by any other device that will allow of the secretion of the spring 8, as shown.

The numeral 4; denotes a segment cut from the side of the ring and secured at one end to said ring by the tongue 5, which is hinged in the slotted section 6 of the ring by the pin 3.

The shank or stud 2 of the terret is provided with a cylindrical opening 7 through its center, which contains the compressed spiral spring 8, and the plug 9, which is screwthreaded into the lower end of the opening? and holds the spring 8 in compression against the point 10 of the tongue 5. By this means the point 10 of the tongue 5 is forced upward, thus swinging the tongue 5 on the pin 3,which will bring the segment 4: into a closed position, where it will be held by the expansion of the spring 8.

The ends of the segment 4 are cut on such an angle that they cannot pass out of the ring and then the segment cannot move in any way but inward, so that if for any reason the pin 8 fails to hold the segment 4'cannot pass out of the ring nor allow the rein to escape.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to claim as new and secure by Letters Patent is- A harness-terret consisting of a ring, a shank thereto of the ordinary form and having a socket extending longitudinally through it into the ring, the ring near the shank having an opening formed on oblique lines converging toward the outer edge of the ring and a slot extending from the lower side of the opening into the upper end of said socket, a segment fitted to the said opening and completing the ring and havinga tongue fitted in said slot and terminated by a pointextending across said socket, the hinge-pintle passing through the ring and segment-tongue at one side of the socket, a spiral spring in said socket and a screw-plug, no part of which is of greater diameter than said shank, turned into the outer end of the socket to compress the spring against the point on the tongue of the segment whereby the segment will be returned to its place in thering when pressed back for the insertion or withdrawal of a strap.

JOHN R. POTTS.

Witnesses:

HARVEY J. CONKLIN, MAURICE W. DEYO. 

